# Ntppool-agent 4.1.3 is less verbose **URL:** \ **Category:** Monitoring Operators\ **Created:** [April 17, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348 "2026-04-17T07:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![avij](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/avij/32/197_2.png) [@avij](https://community.ntppool.org/u/avij)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/1 "2026-04-17T07:31:30Z")
I’m not sure if this change is intended (it may or may not be), but ntppool-agent 4.1.3 is less verbose than 4.1.2 and older versions. Before: ```auto ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=1 ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=4 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="ntp error" env=prod ip_version=v6 batchID=01KPD3YJ6BX5VC59F0R686QRA9 server=2a05:dfc1:3ccc:6fe6::123 err="network: i/o timeout" ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=8 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=30 ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=1 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=10 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=WARN msg="dns lookup failed" env=prod ip_version=v6 host=uklon5-ntp-002.aaplimg.com err="lookup uklon5-ntp-002.aaplimg.com on 127.0.0.1:53: no such host" trace_id=41014188b08e6c847e9e57311bfd5ed2 span_id=a9368404cbd49289 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=28 ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=2 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg=local-check env=prod ip_version=v6 failures=0 threshold=3 hosts=7 trace_id=41014188b08e6c847e9e57311bfd5ed2 span_id=a9368404cbd49289 ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=2 ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=12 ``` Now: ```auto ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: ntp error ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: dns lookup failed ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: local-check ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing ntppool-agent[2936471]: ntp error ``` So it looks like it’ll log only the “msg” part of the previous log message entries. ---
**Author:** ![MagicNTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@MagicNTP](https://community.ntppool.org/u/MagicNTP)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/2 "2026-04-23T15:47:33Z")
There’s now an even newer version available. 4.1.4. Do you still see the issue with that one? I saw something similar recently, but had the impression it had been going on for a while already, so not sure it was related to 4.1.3, and now I can’t find it anymore to investigate… 😬 I now have three monitors running on 4.1.4 (2x production, 1x test), and so far, all look ok to me… 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![avij](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/avij/32/197_2.png) [@avij](https://community.ntppool.org/u/avij)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/3 "2026-04-23T16:30:03Z")
4.1.4 seems to work OK and so did 4.1.2. Only 4.1.3 had this issue. Marking this issue as solved. ---
**Author:** ![ask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/ask/32/907_2.png) [@ask](https://community.ntppool.org/u/ask)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/4 "2026-04-26T01:21:57Z")
Thanks @avij. @MagicNTP had pointed out (elsewhere) that the agent wasn’t very collaborative with basic journald features. I fixed that in 4.1.3, but it got a bit “too collaborative” in hiding the log attributes in journald meta-data. In 4.1.4 I added them back as part of the text (they should still be attributes as well for filtering etc). > ---
**Author:** ![Bas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/bas/32/465_2.png) [@Bas](https://community.ntppool.org/u/Bas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/5 "2026-04-27T17:19:10Z")
Is there a reason why APT sticks to 4.1.2? I did and apt update/upgrade of Debian Trixie but it doesn’t upgrade to a newer level. ---
**Author:** ![avij](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/avij/32/197_2.png) [@avij](https://community.ntppool.org/u/avij)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/6 "2026-04-27T17:34:12Z")
Versions 4.1.3 and above are currently only available in the testing repositories. For Debian, it’s probably [ntppool-test](https://builds.ntppool.dev/repo/). 4.1.2 is currently the newest version that is in the production repos. ---
**Author:** ![alica](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/alica/32/337_2.png) [@alica](https://community.ntppool.org/u/alica)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/7 "2026-04-28T05:21:52Z")
So how can I download official binary without rpm/deb? The [former download site](https://builds.ntppool.dev/ntppool-agent/builds/release/) is no longer active, and I cannot find direct download link from [Gemfury repo](https://gemfury.com/ntppool/). After all I can only upgrade my agent binary by building it myself… ---
**Author:** ![MagicNTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@MagicNTP](https://community.ntppool.org/u/MagicNTP)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/8 "2026-04-28T05:59:45Z")
> [@alica](#): > > After all I can only upgrade my agent binary by building it myself… You could download the RPM or deb package and extract the binary from there if the need is urgent. ---
**Author:** ![ask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/ask/32/907_2.png) [@ask](https://community.ntppool.org/u/ask)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/9 "2026-04-29T10:34:49Z")
Hi @alica – the release process (in .woodpecker and scripts/) need to create a small html page or some such at a fixed path. For now the latest release (4.1.5) is here – replace the filename with the relevant filename from the text file: [https://builds.ntppool.dev/ntppool-agent/builds/release/29/checksums.txt](https://builds.ntppool.dev/ntppool-agent/builds/release/29/checksums.txt) ---
**Author:** ![ask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/ask/32/907_2.png) [@ask](https://community.ntppool.org/u/ask)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/10 "2026-04-29T10:36:27Z")
Also, [4.1.5 release notes](https://github.com/ntppool/monitor/releases/tag/v4.1.5) and [4.1.3](https://github.com/ntppool/monitor/releases/tag/v4.1.3) (.4 was a bug-fix to the journald feature in .13 as described above). ---
**Author:** ![alica](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/alica/32/337_2.png) [@alica](https://community.ntppool.org/u/alica)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/11 "2026-05-03T14:22:02Z")
Did not find the actual cause, but the official Linux i386 binary is not run-able on my non-SSE2 machine, while my build from Github v4.1.5 tag works… All I did to cross compile in Raspberry Pi is: `GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 GO386=softfloat go build ./cmd/ntppool-agent` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.ntppool.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntppool-agent-4-1-3-is-less-verbose/4348/12 "2026-06-02T14:22:07Z")
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